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Thursday, September 24, 2015

Bomb blasts kill 29 in Yemen mosque during Eid al-Adha prayers

Twin bomb explosions have killed at least 29 people in a mosque during Eid al-Adha prayersin the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, reports say.

According
to the Yemeni al-Masirah TV network on Thursday, two terrorists blew
themselves up at the al-Balili Mosque in al-Safia neighborhood in
Sana’a, leaving the 29 worshipers dead and many others injured.
Reports said that the assailants managed to enter the mosque wearing women’s clothes.
No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, yet.A man stands inside the al-Balili Mosque in Sana’a, September 24, 2015. (Photo by Reuters)
Over the past months, the Takfiri Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group has conducted several bomb attacks against mosques in Sana’a.
A
car bomb went off near Qubat al-Mahdi Mosque in the Old City of Sana’a
on June 20, killing three people and injuring seven others. The bombing
also inflicted damage on the Shia mosque and nearby buildings. On July
17, several blasts targeted three mosques as well as the political
office of the Houthi Ansarullah movement in Sana’a, killing at least 31
people.
(This item is being updated.)